Well, according to Enrique and Giancarlo, whom I would trust more than anyone else regarding Nebula (lol, duh...), the server/slave functionality is not officially implemented or supported yet. So that is the long way of saying no. If you want to invest now because you are prepared to and want to get it over with, then go for it. But you will most likely feel disappointed and frustrated because most people are getting their best out of Nebula using it as direct instances, not as a server/slave application. Besides, by the time it is ready, CPU technology will probably be further along and your investment may be out-dated already. There's my opinion, good luck.

The one time I tried it (which iirc was last version but I don't recall exactly) it did actually work and without having to do a lot of fiddling; but it was not useful at all because it actually slowed down my renders significantly (in some cases I would say more than 2x). I've been using Nebula for some years now so lots of bouncing takes place in a typical mix session, it just wasn't a tradeoff that I could justify for more CPU (because it still wouldn't ever be nearly 'enough' CPU to not have to render anything). Considering what has to flow down and then back up that wire I wasn't shocked (I bought Server for Core iii functionality, I was just playing around with the client/server piece) but I personally wouldn't advise anyone to try to work with it in a production environment unless you've tried it and know what to expect.

Thx for the replies fellas, I just scored a pretty sweet i7 Off kijiji for a measly 200$ (luck of the draw i guess) not bad for a little experiment .. if it works, it does. if not i have a back up cpu just incase. Ill let yall know the verdict and see if two powerful i7's can be made to run smoothly and efficiently. Im running win 64 on both cpu's and reaper 64

ngarjuna wrote:The one time I tried it (which iirc was last version but I don't recall exactly) it did actually work and without having to do a lot of fiddling; but it was not useful at all because it actually slowed down my renders significantly (in some cases I would say more than 2x). I've been using Nebula for some years now so lots of bouncing takes place in a typical mix session, it just wasn't a tradeoff that I could justify for more CPU (because it still wouldn't ever be nearly 'enough' CPU to not have to render anything). Considering what has to flow down and then back up that wire I wasn't shocked (I bought Server for Core iii functionality, I was just playing around with the client/server piece) but I personally wouldn't advise anyone to try to work with it in a production environment unless you've tried it and know what to expect.